This was a deescalation rarely seen in the border area, where such strikes tend to take a bit to calm down. Israeli officials were quick to note this isn’t even a formal ceasefire, just an informal arrangement made with the help of Egypt.

This is an important distinction because there are also efforts to broker a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a formal document that would aim to bring prolonged calm to the tense border. This, however, was just a makeshift agreement on the recent escalation.

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This gives the impression Hamas is some sort of equal fighting partner to the murderous IOF which killed and injured so many unarmed Palestinians before finally a few rockets fell harmlessly towards Israel.